St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-02
jefferson Davis Once Arrested
on Suspicion of Stealing
a Treasure Chest.
A Red-Headed Girl Talks
About White HoPseS--Pro-
fessional Tea TasterS.
A Soldiers Adventure With a
Torpedo--An American
Girls Nerve.

~ As 81 The new mining camp
F"s named Carrie, where
EYDC2 the richest silver and
copper MINES in Texas
have recently been discovered. lmme-
diately north of Garlic lies that famous
mountain range called the DiabOlo or
DEVILS mountain. towering over thou
sand feet above the surrounding plain.
Near the summit. which is composed of
limestone. are found numerous caves
and tunnels, which extend for distance
of ten miles. and some OF them pene-
trate the mountain fully 500 feet. Indian
tradition accounts for these caves as the
abodeS of spirits or devils. and the eX-
tremely superstitiOus ApacheS gave
the haunted Dabolo mountains a
wide berth. Until very recently
the dark, terrible and frOWn-
ing mount has never been explored
by white men, the nOmadic cowboy not
caring to scale its rugged heights, nor
face the SuperStitiOuS awe which seemed
to surround the place and take posses
sion of the intruder. Since the discOv
cry of silver there, however, the more
VenturOuS miners have partially eX
plOred one long cave.
n. A. OSmer, an old frOntierSman,
with a scientific bent of mind, was the
first white man to enter the SO-called
habitatiOn of spirits. With a tallOw
candle and prospect pick, he penetrated
the cave hundred feet, but did not
venture further. The walls of the cav
ern bore numerous evidences OF former
habitatiOn. Stone implements, bone
needles and pottery in excellent preSer-
Walton were scattered here and there in
the caves. CarcaSSeS of bears and other
huge animals were lying near heap of
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the floor and sides of the cavern. Surely,
of the ancient cliff dweller. OS-
mer then with his prospect pick began
digging in pile Of dirt. and was re-
warded by unearthing a skeleton of gil
gantic proportions. First the skull,
then the VerterbrR were brought to
light. But in the meantime his candle
had burned low, and rather unnerved
by the strange spectacle and the hid
eouS moaning sound of the wind as it
waved through the awful depths of the
gloomy old cave, which is now the abode
of the mountain lion and other Zero
ciOus beasts, Osmer retreated TO day
light, carrying with him the skull and
backbone. The skull he found to be
that of man. The under jaw is of
mammoth size, easily receiving the
head of an ordinary man within its
sides. The teeth ale enormous mOlars
or double teeth all around. and in per-
feet state of preservation. The surprise
and qualification were great in Osmer
when he examined the vertebrR. 1t is
of immense size, and the strange thing
about it is that instead of terminal
ing abruptly, as in the ordinary
man, it is prolonged for eight or
ten inches beyond. describing a graceful
curve to the rear. While the main
vertebr& is firmly set, the caudal ap-
pendage is flexible. At its juncture
with the backbone proper. at the usual
location of the cOcyX. it measures AZ
inches wide, but it narrOwS rapidly to-
ward the end. Considerable of the tail
has disappeared. probably by deeompo-
SitiOn, but sufficient remains to demon
strate beyond doubt that, at last, the
lOng-sOught man with a tail has been
found in the mysterious old cavern of
Northwest Texas. Mr.. OSmer refuses
all offers for his strange find. and keeps
1t closely guarded in his cabin, allow
Ing the curious visitor TO see his old
cliff-dweller friend at all times. 1t
should be seen by scientific men and
examined, and perhaps the DarWinian
theory will be forever established be-
yOnd even the shadow of doubt. And
it would, in all possibility, be time well
spent for the men of science to visit
Garlic and further explore the prehis-
tOric caVernS of the DiabOlOS.